diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/device.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/device.c
index 8e34c39380a9..24b01cce0a38 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/device.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/common/device.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int device_early_init(struct hl_device *hdev)
 	for (i = 0 ; i < hdev->asic_prop.completion_queues_count ; i++) {
 		snprintf(workq_name, 32, "hl-free-jobs-%u", i);
 		hdev->cq_wq[i] = create_singlethread_workqueue(workq_name);
-		if (hdev->cq_wq == NULL) {
+		if (hdev->cq_wq[i] == NULL) {
 			dev_err(hdev->dev, "Failed to allocate CQ workqueue\n");
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			goto free_cq_wq;